Washing-machine.



W. RANDALL.

WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATAION EILED mm 22. 1914.

1,145,795. Patented July 6, 1915.

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WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE'22, 1914.

1,145,795. v Patented July 6, 1915.

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WELLINGTON RANDALL, or MARYSVILLE, WASHINGTON.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedJuly 6, 1915;

Applicationfiled .Tune 22, 1914. I Serial No. 846,598.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WELLINGTON RANDALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Marysville, inthe county of Snohomish and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in- Washing- Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin theart to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in washing machines, and has for its principal object toprovide a device in whichthe clothes are fed in their soiled condition and from which they may be removed thoroughly-clean.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device which may be operated by the turning offa wheehand which will effectivelycleanse the clothes.

A further object of the invention is to provide a machine in which the rubbers do not come into direct contact with the clothing, but in which the clothing is protected by means of a webbing so that allthe wear" thereon is taken up. 7 r I With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts which will be fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a detail perspective view of a washing machine constructed in accordance with this invention, Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof, illustrating theidetails of construction, Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view, Fig. 4: is a top plan view, Fig.5 is an enlarged detail sectional view of one of the upper rubbers illustrating in detail the springs for taking up the wear, and Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail view of the operating means forthe rubbers. 7

Referring now to the drawingsby characters of reference, the numeral 1 designates as an entirety the frame of the device com prising the side bars 2 which are supported on the legs 3. These legs 3 are extended upwardly as at 4: and their upper endsare secured in any suitable manner to the trough or container forming the main body portion of the washing machine. This. trough or container isde signated generally by the numeral and comprises'the side walls 6, the ends ofwhich are angularly disposed with relationto theedges and has secured thereto the end walls 7 A suitable bottom 8 is provided and is arranged to rest on the bars 2 hereinbefore referred to.

Journaled in the side walls of the container 5near one end is the driving shaft 9 carrying the roller 10. This shaft 9 is extended within the side walls 6 of the container and the free end thereof is provided with a suitable hand wheel 11 carrying the crank 12 by means of which the device is set in motion. Intermediate the wheel 11 and the side walls ofthe container is a suitable gear wheel 13 which is arranged to mesh with the gear 1% carried on the shaft 15 which is journaled in the side walls 6 and extends parallel with the shaft 9 hereinbefore referred to. This shaft 15 carries a roller 16 which is similar to the roller 10, the use of which will appear as the description proceeds. Journaled in the opposite end of the container is a suitable shaft 17 carrying the roller 18 which corresponds in every way to the roller 16 and shaft 15 hereinbefore referred to. This shaft extends parallel with the end wall of the casing and is arranged to cooperate with the roller 16 hereinbefore referred to. A similar shaft 19 carrying the roller 20 is provided, and corresponds to the shaft 9 and roller hereinbefore described. These rollers and shafts which are designated by the numerals and 16, 17 and 18, are arranged to carry the webbing 21 which is preferably endless and arranged to cooperate with the webbin 22 carriedby the rollers 10 and hereinbefore described. These ,webbings 21 and 22 are arranged to run over the idlers 23 and 24 respectively, thus bringing them in close proximity to the bottom of the-container as clearly shown in Fig. 2. A plurality of similar idlers 25 are supported near the. upper edges of the walls 6 and arranged to hold the upper portion of the webbing 22 to prevent the same from sagging in passing over the upper end of the container.

A plurality of rubbers, the lowermost of which are designated by the numeral 26'and the uppermost by the numeral 27, are provided and each rubber is provided with a pair of ears at each end, which extend outwardly from the back surface thereof and form pivotal connections forthe levers 28 which are pivotally secured as at 29 to the side walls 6 of the container. Each of these rubbers is provided with acorrugated inner face 30 which is arranged to engage the surfaces of the webs 21 and between which theclothes which are to becleansed, pass. The lowermostrubbers are constructed solid'and are arranged to be pivotally' held on I the links 31 asclearly shown in.

he uppermost rubbers 27 comprise-the main body portion 26 upon'which-the'corruf gated face 30 is formed, and the opposite face of the body portion is provided with a plurality of depressions 32 carrying the cups 33 in which the lower edge of the spring34 rests. The cooperating member ofthese rubbers 27 are designated" by the numeral 35' and "is formed'in; its lower face. with a plurality' of recesses 36 in which the cup 37,- forming the upper abutment for'the endsof the spring 34, rests; It .will thus be seen tively' to the rubber-s27 and 26; The upper as-Will be clearly seen upon referring toj Fig'.

ends of the levers are-provided with the links41 and'42 respectivelywhich are respectively connectedvas at '43 tothe wheels 44 and 45. The-wheel 44 is rotatably mounted-'on;the= side of the receptacle and spaced from 'the'wall thereof by means 0f the cy lindrical extension 46. Formed integral. withthe wheel 45, which is arranged, tomesh with the-wheel 44, is a suitablerpulle'y wheel a or sprocket 47 which is arranged toreceive the be1t'-or{ chain 48 whichruns over a grooved-ortoothed' extension: of the roller 10 2. -An enlarged cylindrical extension 49 is formed 'on the' opposite side of the-fwheel' 45 and is arranged to hold the links-41 and 42 in spaced relation as illustrated in IFig. 6:.

It will thus beseen that when the roller 10 is:operated-,ipower,will be transmitted 'to the pulley .47 7 through the belt- 48. andthus cause,

the wheel!45 to rotate, thereby rotating-the wheels'44iand setting the links 41 and 42 in operation, which in turn-will acton theirl respective levers and; 39 and cause i the rubbers 26. and 27 z to 1 be. swung onJ-the' links 31 and pivots 29 respectively in oppositedi-- rections. In; this way it will be'apparent' that the; centralarubbers; are driven" and positivepcleansing of: the; clothes is insured:

llhemethod of drivingtherubbers which are carried'by the .end walls in parallel relation thereto willibe more fully described inthe following paragraph. 7 v

The; rubbers 26 and 27 which are carried by the end wall adjacent-to the rollers 10 and-16,,- are drivenby means of'the disks orgpulley wheelsiv 50 having, eccentricallysecured thereto asat. connecting ro U ally secured-as at 53 toeach respective rub-o.-

also be set in motion, thereby performing] the first operation of cleansing the clothes:

withthe; usual connecting rods which g'are mQtiOn-Whenthe niachineisepaaaa e r apparent that th -;"niotion' wilhbe fimparted when' thei webbing p asses ov .be setin motion 'whiclfmll fac'ause the rub) hers I to operate and frietionally .engageathe:

from-the .wvebbing betweenithe rollers 18 and I,

' fall within-the. spiritiiand scopeaiofnthe in 52, the oppositeterminal ofgwhich iis pivot.

ber. v This pulley wheel or sprocketf50 is, driven'by means of a suitablebelt orch'ainj. 54, which in turn passes around a grooved. or toothed portion of either-of the rollers? 10 or 16'; It will thus be seen that when the rollers are set in operation the rubbers will- Therubberswhich are' mountedoni the OP'I positef'end' of the receptacle 1 5'farefprovided designated by'the numeral 555:, The opposite terminals" of the connecting ro'ds are eccen: firm-11y connected as at 56 to: the :disks 57, j H the' peripheries of which farearranged to frictionally engage the rollers 1 8 andeo, and g.

thus when the rOllerS-areset in-*motion, Willf v befldriven, thus setting 'the last-rubbers -It'- will b'e apparent ffr'on n the; foregoing that in 'use-th e clothin'g iis; first fed intothe 1 machine between fthe rollers: 10 and 16 and! i 2 upon revolving the drive?wheelll, it' will be to the shaft; which. through Ethe': medium of the gea wheels 13 'and? l4,j:w-ill; also' driv the shaft 15. In drivingfthe s'eshaftsi 9f-and 15, it will-"*bejevidenflthatlthe webbingfl'21 and '22 will be s'et'. in rnotion' y thereby starting the idlerrolls 235' 24; ;and2 5a to ?-';revolve fand I the 'rol-lers' 18* and '20, it: wi 11ra1so:;:.be e r entfth'a't" sai rollers will be v s ?.t; in motion; 133 The 'm'otioii thus imp'art'ed toithe rollers will cause their respe cfti ve'= rubberoperating' mechanisms to I, v webbing; thus-oscillating gthezwater within: the receptacle and forcingthe dirt from the f clothing. Whentheclothinghas' passeden? tirely i through the machine ifiwill bejemitted 20 :in ,aa comparatively clean'=condition-.'

While -in the foregoing F there 'has=' ,b e shown and described the -,preferred "e1nbod nen't offthisinvention, it to beunderst'oojd" that such changes inaybe lhad'e in thefconrbinat'ion and r'arrangenient ofi parts as: will vention asidefine'ddn the appended claims;

w-Having 1 thus described mywinvention; I claimit. I i 1.. In" at device: offithe character described comprising-1a: reeeptacle;':;rollers mounted in said receptacle, belts to" pass-over, said'roller's and means 'for rotating-saidroller's andqb'elts, a. plurality of rubbers r-pivotally mounted in eachend ofsaid receptacle-and jiopposed to one; another, said I mi'bbe'rsilbe aingv pivoted v: to the. side and end wa'llsrbylinksya-second pair of rubbers beinglarger' dianieter-than the. a firstmentioned1crubbers'zpivotallyi mounted 12320 centrally within the receptacle by levers and links, to the sides and bottom of the receptacle, all of said rubbers being eccentrically secured to disks carried by the pulleys whereby upon the rotation of said rollers and belts, said rubbers are put in motion.

2. In a device of the character described, a receptacle, rollers mounted in said receptacle, belts to pass over said rollers and means for rotating said rollers and belts, a plurality of rubbers pivoted at opposite ends of said receptacle and opposed to one another, a second pair of rubbers larger in dis ameter than the first mentioned rubbers cen- 15 trally disposed within said receptacle and pivotally mounted therein, said centrally disposed rubbers being pivoted to the side walls and bottom of said receptacle by links, levers extending upwardly from said rubbers and being eccentrically connected at their upper terminals to the aforesaid rollers, said rubbers being eccentrically connected to said rollers whereby upon rotation of said rollers, the rubbers will be given an oscillating motion pivoted by their pivoted connections and each of said rubbers being disposed between said belts. I

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WELLINGTON RANDALL;

Witnesses:

E. E. CoLvIN, ELoN UTLEY.

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